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Wizz Air Holdings PLC
02 May 2023
The following amendment has been made to the 'Traffic and CO2
Emission statistics of Wizz Air Holdings Plc ("Wizz Air")'
announcement released on 2 May 2023 at 7.00am under RNS No.
9867X
The following footnote has been added to the April 2022 heading
in the first table:
***adjusted to capture previously excluded Ukrainian flights,
which were re-routed across the network
The full amended text is shown below.
APRIL 2023 TRAFFIC AND CO2 EMISSION STATISTICS
WIZZ AIR CARRIED 4.9 MILLION PASSENGERS, AN INCREASE OF 32%
YEAR-ON-YEAR
Ticker: WIZZ
Geneva, 2 May 2023: Wizz Air Holdings Plc ("Wizz Air"), the
fastest growing and one of the most sustainable European airline s
, today announces passenger and CO(2) emission statistics for April
2023.
In April 2023, Wizz Air carried 4,927,076 passengers,
representing a 32.3% increase compared to April 2022, at a load
factor of 90.9%.
Wizz Air continued to grow its network and improve its customer
offering in April, including:
-- Wizz Air announce d a GBP5 million investment in a biofuel
company, Firefly, marking its first equity investment in
sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) research and development. Th e
investment seeks to enable a supply of SAF to Wizz Air operations
from 2028, receiving up to 525,000 tonnes over 15 years ;
-- Wizz Air has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with
Cepsa, a leading international company committed to sustainable
mobility and energy, for the supply of SAF from 2025. The MoU gives
Wizz Air the opportunity to purchase SAF to supply the airline's
route network across Spain.
-- Wizz Air announce d addition of one more aircraft to the
Kutaisi, Georgia base. A total fleet of four aircraft will increase
frequencies and add another destination to a network of routes to
and from Georgia's second largest city;
-- Wizz Air inaugurated first flights from Sofia, Bulgaria and
Naples, Italy to Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, along with connecting Rome,
Italy to Cairo, Egypt and adding more destinations from Brasov,
Romania to the UK and Germany;
-- Wizz Air continuously operates amongst the lowest CO(2)
emissions per passenger/km amongst all competitor airlines, with
53.3 grams per passenger/km for the rolling 12 months to 30 April
2023. For the month of April CO(2) emissions were 51.3 grams per
passenger/km (10.0% lower compared to same month last year).
Month Rolling 12 months
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April April Change 30 April 30 April Change
2023 2022*** ** 2023 2022
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Capacity (seats) 5,418,024 4,461,965 21.4% 59,146,615 38,134,275 55.1%
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Passengers* 4,927,076 3,724,770 32.3% 52,274,142 30,240,054 72.9%
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Load Factor** 90.9% 83.5% 7.5pp 88.4% 79.3% 9.1pp
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*booked passengers
**rounded to one decimal place
*** adjusted to capture previously excluded Ukrainian flights,
which were re-routed across the network
Wizz Air Monthly CO2 Emission Statistics**
Month Rolling 12 months
to:
------------------ -------- ---------------------- -------
April April Change* 30 April 30 April Change
2023 2022 2023 2022
-------- -------- ---------- -------
CO2 emissions
in tonnes 447,788 350,486 27.8% 4,768,126 3,003,729 58.7%
-------- -------- -------- ---------- ---------- -------
CO2 grams per
passenger/km* 51.3 57.0 -10.0% 53.3 61.6 -13.3%
-------- -------- -------- ---------- ---------- -------
*rounded to one decimal place
**excluding cargo flights
ABOUT WIZZ AIR
Wizz Air, the fastest growing European ultra-low-cost airline
and one of the most sustainable, operates a fleet of 1 80 Airbus
A320 and A321 aircraft. A team of dedicated aviation professionals
delivers superior service and very low fares, making Wizz Air the
preferred choice of 40.0 million passengers in the financial year
F20 ending 31 March, 2020 and 27.1 million passengers in the
financial year F22 ending 31 March 2022. Wizz Air is listed on the
London Stock Exchange under the ticker WIZZ. The company was
recently named one of the world's top ten safest airlines by
airlineratings.com , the world's only safety and product rating
agency, and 2020 Airline of the Year by ATW, the most coveted
honour an airline or individual can receive, recognizing
individuals and organizations that have distinguished themselves
through outstanding performance, innovation, and superior service.
Wizz Air is a recipient of CAPA's prestigious Global Environmental
Sustainability Airline Group of the year award, 202 2 .
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For more information:
Investors: Zlatko Custovic, Wizz Air +36 1 777 9407
Zsuzsa Trubek, Wizz Air
+36 70 652 4115
Edward Bridges / Jonathan Neilan, FTI Consulting
Media: LLP: +44 20 3727 1017
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